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2022: A puzzle from start to finish

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Summer lays out the palette. Winter makes you conjure it.

December's light makes you work

Was Wiles somehow blowing a whistle on the unwieldy shop that she runs?

Motive's the mystery in Trump aide's remarks

For most Jews, this is what the "globalized intifada" looks like.

Massacre likely to become a symbol of hate

Finding peace and closure can seem a Sisyphean task.

Pain and relief in the twilight zone

Only the party itself can or will be held responsible for whom it nominates.

It's up to WFP to avoid being hijacked

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Pearl Harbor will be remembered and commemorated, as it is every Dec. 7.

As memory fades into history, what then?

The whole point of this Gen Alpha creation seems to be its lack of definition.

Going with 6-7 for '25 means ... something

A dismaying drop in new international students at U.S. colleges, universities.

Tampering with our formula for success

Recent news from Turkey has a familiar stench.

'Level playing field' gets more lopsided

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The median age of first-time homebuyers is a record 40 years old, survey says.

A telling stat for the affordability election

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Deciphering the reason for their longevity could be a boon for us.

A cool discovery about bowhead whales

The relationship of humans to truth was tenuous enough before the rise of AI.

AI takes us deeper into the morass

There are many ways to catalog the loss of civility in modern culture.

Basic respect is too often MIA

Many have long predicted the region's demise, but it hasn't happened. Yet.

Where exactly is Long Island heading?

Having the capacity to be amazed is not enough. You also have to be willing.

Make room for amazement

Does it reflect a growing lack of care and empathy for one's fellow humans?

Bad driving alarming on multiple levels

Working a garden is like working life, in ways large and small.

Growing, learning in the raspberry patch

Having that level of choice walls us off from real experiences, the unexpected.

What's lost when everything's curated

The only president from LI lived in North Dakota Badlands, and transformed himself.

Expanding Roosevelt's cherished 'strenuous life'

As one phase gives way to another, we learn to embrace new and different roles.

The cycles of life just keep on cycling

We all want to know that we made a difference and that someone noticed.

Two musicians leave their legacies

Battery-powered trip from East Hampton to JFK reminds us we've always flown high.

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